Gapplegate Music Review

The blog covers releases in the areas of free and mainstream jazz, world music, "art" rock, and the blues. Classical coverage, which was originally here, continues on the Gapplegate Classical-Modern Review (see link on this page). Where are we right now and how did we get here? That's the concern.

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Matthew Shipp Trio, Root of Things

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If you want to know what's going on, what's really critical in the piano trio zone for the very modern, so-called free jazz, avant...

Monday, February 10, 2014

Kasper Tom 5, Ost Bingo Skruer

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Kasper Tom? That's Kasper Tom Christiansen, talented Danish drummer and composer. The Kasper Tom 5 and their Ost Bingo Skruer (Barefo...

Friday, February 7, 2014

Deepti Navaratna, The Carnatic Voice Goes Contemporary: Ka

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Deepti Navaratna is a very good Carnatic (South) Indian vocalist, an All-India Radio artist since 2000. She does a nice job combining East...

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Howard Riley, Live with Repertoire

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It's great to hear a player like Howard Riley, pianist-artist of real stature, in the course of doing these reviews. Here's somebo...

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Chucho Valdes, Border-Free

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Chucho Valdes and his Afro-Cuban Messengers blaze through one hell of a Latin Jazz set on their album Border-Free (Jazz Village). He won ...

Red Trio, Rebento

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For avant modern jazz piano trio music at its free best, you can't go wrong with RED Trio. And their LP on No Business (NBLP 67) is as...

Monday, February 3, 2014

John Tchicai, Tribal Ghost

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The fact that the world lost saxophonist John Tchicai well over a year ago (October 2012) hadn't quite hit me until I heard the new po...

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Grego Applegate Edwards: Cape May, New Jersey, United States; I am a life-long writer, musician, composer and editor. I wrote for Cadence for many years, a periodical covering jazz and improv music. My combined Blogspot blogs (as listed in the links) now cover well over 3,000 recordings in review. It's been a labor of love. The music is chosen because I like it, for the most part, so you won't find a great deal of nastiness here. I have no affiliations and gain nothing from liking what I do, so that makes me somewhat impartial. I do happen to like a set of certain musics done well, so it's not everything released that gets coverage on these blogs. I went to music and higher education schools and got degrees. It changed my life and gave me the ability to think and write better. I've studied with master musicians, too. The benefits I gained from them are invaluable. I appreciate my readers. You are why I write these reviews. I hope the joy of music enriches your life like it does mine. Thank you. And thank you to all the artists that make it possible.

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